We often meet challenges when introducing AAC systems and strategies from the clinical or "speech room" setting into the busy and sometimes chaotic environment of the classroom setting. The real world of school communication does not always play out easily for the student using AAC. This session covered strategies to be employed by AAC professionals when working with K-12 classroom teachers who have students with AAC systems. Strategies covered included selection of meaningful communication activities, prompting strategies that do not create dependency (learned helplessness), and data collection. Whether students are using low tech or high tech systems, there are strategies that can assist the teacher and related service staff in the selection of where to start when bringing in AAC into the school day. Excellent ideas were presented at this session. The main focus was on assessing the classroom to determine how to increase communication opportunities.
It is constantly a struggle to get AAC implemented into all classrooms and I believe with the help of the strategies presented it may assist.
Turn-key-
Consider bringing in such a consultant to work in classrooms with teachers and other professionals in assisting the continuopus use of AAC in the classroom.
It is constantly a struggle to get AAC implemented into all classrooms and I believe with the help of the strategies presented it may assist.
Turn-key-
Consider bringing in such a consultant to work in classrooms with teachers and other professionals in assisting the continuopus use of AAC in the classroom.